“I started playing the violin when I was 5, but by the time I was 12 or...” — Randy Bachman Quote

“I started playing the violin when I was 5, but by the time I was 12 or 13, I wasn't really liking it.”

“Change is inevitable, and you can't stop that change. You say, 'Wait, stop,' and it just drives right over you.”

“The guitar is such an incredible instrument; it plays classical, flamenco, jazz, country, bluegrass, rock, acid, blues. You'll never see a clarinet playing Black Sabbath. But you will see a guitar in a clarinet band playing rhythm. It is the most popular instrument in the world; it is the one everybody loves.”

“I prefer drawing the things I've written to handing them off to another artist. Turns out I'm a huge control freak - and because I write in thumbnails, the art is already happening by the time I start writing!”

“I had already drafted the manuscript that would become my first book by the time I graduated from college, but I had no idea what to do with it.”

“I learned a lot from more experienced mountaineers, such as Peter Habeler, but by the time I was about 21 I reckoned I had learned all that I needed to make me technically self-sufficient anywhere.”